Last summer our son talked me into allowing him to use his life savings to purchase an iPad. My husband was against it. Turns out, he was right (I don't know what I was thinking). But the one who is probably most annoyed with me is Midnight...
"Put down your iPad Drew, I've got something to say. Put it down now, you’ve been on it all day. Will you get off your iPad and spend time with me? It’s been a long time, you have to agree.
"If you get off your iPad, we can go out and play. Do it right now before the sky turns to gray. Are you going to just sit there, and ignore me all day? Please get off your iPad and join me. Oh yay!
"I got you outside, and you don’t have a screen. There's so much to do, just look at the green. I got you outside, so you’ll focus on me. This is called nature; yep, that's called a tree.
"See, it’s not really so bad when you actually unplug. There are flowers and bushes, and there goes a bug. We can explore and experience, or we can relax. We can just lie here all day watching clouds on our backs.
"Or we can jump or climb high, and it's so fun to creep. We can tumble and flip, pounce on Mittens, or leap. Forget that darn iPad, that's lurking inside. It ruins our 'us' time, and it's hurting my pride.
"See, it’s not really so bad when you actually unplug. There are flowers and bushes, and there goes a bug. We can explore and experience, or we can relax. We can just lie here all day watching clouds on our backs.
"Or we can jump or climb high, and it's so fun to creep. We can tumble and flip, pounce on Mittens, or leap. Forget that darn iPad, that's lurking inside. It ruins our 'us' time, and it's hurting my pride.
"I guess I was just dreaming that you could let go—of that thing that controls you and interrupts flow. Now you’re back to your screen, and I'm back to fretting. It hurts it's a machine that you prefer petting."
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